Trish has dedicated over 25 years to the arts and cultural sector, forging a multifaceted career as a producing artist, creative producer, facilitator, consultant, and curator. Her extensive experience includes collaborations with leading organisations such as Arts Council England, Engage International, the British Council, and numerous museums, galleries, and arts institutions across the UK. Trish has played a pivotal role in pioneering creative programs and launching pilot initiatives.
Holding a BA(Hons) in Furniture and Product Design from Nottingham Trent University, Trish began her professional journey as a lecturer in the arts. She later managed Creative Room in Nottingham for eight years, where she curated internationally recognized, multidisciplinary youth arts projects. These projects, which connected young people with practicing artists and global programming, saw collaborations with The National Theatre, British Council, Liverpool European City of Culture, Arts Council England, and the Wellcome Trust.
In 2007, Trish launched her first solo commission as an artist with her photographic and installation works, Pipeline and Trace. Her work gained significant recognition, including selection for the prestigious international Earth Photo, a finalist spot for the grand prize at Nottingham Castle Open, and a commission for Left Lion.
Since 2012, Trish has deepened her focus on visual arts and printmaking, exploring themes of elemental coastal landscapes, erosion, and botanical forms. In 2023, she became a member of Leicester Print Workshop, further expanding her artistic practice.
Trish's professional journey also extends into the conservation and environmental sectors. As the Head of People and Nature at Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, she was a key member of the senior leadership team, leading innovative campaigns and projects that connected communities and stakeholders to nature. This role involved conservation work, landscape-scale initiatives, partnerships, policy development, and advocacy to protect and restore local and national wildlife. Trish has also held the position of Chair and Trustee for Ecoworks in Nottingham, a community garden focussing on permaculture, organic growing, green build/design and inclusive seed to plate nutrition and health.
Trish Evans
Nick Humphreys
Working predominantly in the medium of (illustrative) painting, poster design and street art (stencil), under the 'actual size' moniker, Nick has been a professional artist throughout his life, exhibiting his work across multiple platforms, galleries and unconventional spaces/streets across the UK.
Nick gained a BA (hons) in fine art at Nottingham Trent University (2007) and has since gone on to produce award winning illustrative works on canvas. He won the top award at the Surface Gallery Street Art exhibition (2014) which saw an evolution of his work into the studio and white cube environment.
His most recent commissions have included contemporary portraits of Lord Byron, D H Lawrence and Alan Sillitoe as part of the Nott's Rebel Writers (Nottingham Unesco City of Literature) campaign.
As well as a visual artist, Nick is a prolific writer with a life long passion for the natural world and researcher of natural history. He has been a guest writer for many years and has most recently gained a commission to creatively interpret 70 x UK wildlife species for online materials for the environmental sector and also for natural science collections.
Nick has worked extensively in music, performed across the UK as a multi-instrumentalist primarily focused on percussion. He has worked as a stage manager and event technician at many of the UK's leading arts and music festivals.